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Parametric insurance
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Parametric insurance pays a fixed sum when a measurable event, such as a quake or storm, crosses an agreed threshold. It settles on the trigger itself, not on inspected damage, so payment can arrive before a loss assessment even begins.
A policyholder, which may be a government, an insurer, or a farmer or business directly, buys cover linked to an index such as wind speed, rainfall, or seismic intensity rather than to its own property. A carrier or specialty reinsurer prices that index and agrees to pay a set amount the moment it crosses a defined level; catastrophe bonds and other capital-markets instruments often stand behind the carrier, passing the risk further along the chain to investors.
It exists because traditional indemnity insurance depends on an adjuster inspecting damage, which is slow, costly, and sometimes impossible across a wide disaster zone or in a place with thin infrastructure. The trade-off is basis risk: the trigger can fire without matching the policyholder loss exactly, or a real loss can occur without crossing the line, so the design of the index and threshold matters as much as the price.
In insurance technology this shows up as products built around live data feeds: satellite imagery, weather-station networks, and seismic sensors that verify a trigger automatically, cutting the claims process down to a payout notice rather than a loss investigation. It also fits embedded distribution, bundled into a loan, a mobile wallet, or a cooperative membership so cover reaches customers a traditional broker network would not economically reach.
Written by Insurtech Daily.
For the running coverage rather than the definition, see the Property and catastrophe insurance hub. For the companies in this business, see parametric insurance companies.
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